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Online Radio royalties

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  • 17-01-2013 7:52pm
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    DT100
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    I have been listening to some stations that are only available on the web,What is the story regarding a licence/music royalties? Surely they just cant play music with copywrite without paying for it?


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    Losty Dublin
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    Copyright/royalties will be charged from the country your broadcast begins from. And they will catch up with you in case stations come and reckon they won't be got for them. The bastards :)


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    wnolan1992
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 14,009 Mod ✭✭✭✭wnolan1992


    I believe that online stations who wish to be licenced (ie, real stations), apply for an IMRO Licence which (from that link) costs about €7k a year.

    Not sure if there are other options, but that's the only one I could find.


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    DT100
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    I was thinking of doing it a little.evenings/weekends...as a sort of hobby,but not a that price....


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    Big Tone
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    The advice I was given was keep your gob shut and set up your hobby station, otherwise if you contact IMRO you'll pay them and they'll chase you every year for it. They wont find out about you unless you tell them.


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    end of the road
    Registered Users Posts: 29,001 ✭✭✭✭end of the road


    Big Tone wrote: »
    The advice I was given was keep your gob shut and set up your hobby station, otherwise if you contact IMRO you'll pay them and they'll chase you every year for it. They wont find out about you unless you tell them.
    couldn't have put it better myself

    ticking a box on a form does not make you of a religion.



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